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man-birds

man-birds is the plural of man-bird.

Meaning of man-bird

Noun

man-bird (plural man-birds)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A male aviator.
    • With each succeeding day's exhibit of man's ingenuity and his ability to cleave the atmosphere unscathed, the clamor on the part of non-aviators to share the flights of the man-birds grew louder.1910, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing, volume 55, page 753

Questions about man-birds

What is man-birds the plural of?
Man-birds is the plural of man-bird.

Words near man-birds in the dictionary

  1. man-arms
  2. man-at-arms
  3. man-bag
  4. man-bags
  5. man-bird
  6. man-birds
  7. man-boob
  8. man-boobs
  9. man-bot
  10. man-bots
  11. man-boy

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